Why It’s Okay To Dream Big

Every day I manifest My grace in countless places and situations, but the media take no notice. I shower not only blessings but also outright miracles on your planet. As you grow closer to Me, I open your eyes to see more and more of My Presence all around You.

–Sarah Young in Jesus Calling

Recently, I listened to a podcast about miracles and healing. It reminded me that the pages of Scripture abound with miracle after miracle and healing after healing. Time and again, God touched the earth to intervene for His people: Sarah’s conception of Isaac in her old age, releasing the Israelites from slavery, parting the Red Sea, raising David, a lowly shepherd boy, to the throne…

Jesus reached out in healing miracles one after another during His earthly ministry: curing the woman with the hemorrhage, raising Lazarus from the dead, cleansing the 10 lepers, restoring sight to the man born blind…

Nothing. Nothing is impossible. Not with God. Not a new job or a new business. Not writing a book or becoming a speaker. Not the restoration of your marriage or your family. Not healing from trauma or illness. Nothing.

Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. —Matthew 17:20

With faith, nothing will be impossible for you. Faith the size of a mustard seed is all that’s needed, not the size of a mountain. How can it be that such a miniscule amount of faith can do so much?

…then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. —Acts 4:10

Jesus. It is not our own power or might. It is the power of the name of Jesus that unleashes healing and miracles.

For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a might savior. –Zephaniah 3:17

He tells us straight out: He is mighty!

Friends, our God is not silent on this. We do not have to passively accept our lot in life, chalking it up to being our “cross” to bear. (<=== Click to tweet) In the podcast I mentioned earlier, the speaker exhorts us to ask! There will be times of unexplained suffering, but sometimes God delivers us from suffering through miraculous healing.

Perhaps we do not see our miracles because God is waiting for us to ask in faith, believing He will answer:

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. —Matthew 7:7-12

And then there’s this:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:8-9

We live in a go, go, go world, where worth is measured by productivity. Only things achievable by mere man are considered possible.

That is not how God works. God planted dream seeds in your heart to carry out a plan He crafted just for you. His plan is not thwarted by the human inability to conceive of His wonders! (<=== Click to tweet)

We call it a miracle. God calls it love.

The pouring out of Himself.

So ask, friends. Ask! For the job and the business, the book contract and the speaking gig, the restoration and the healing.

Believe that God is Who He says He is. That He will make good on His promises.

Then, wait with an open heart for what He has for you.

Know that He hears you every time, and it makes Him smile when you come to Him.

The miracle of Him drawing you closer to Himself will fulfill the deepest dream in your heart.

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What miracles have you witnessed?Do you know someone who inspires you to dream big?

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About Mandy Mianecki

Mandy Mianecki is a wife and mom of 4. The storms of life have taught her to put her nets out into the deep, seeking the superabundance that life in Christ promises. She is passionate about encouraging others in their healing journeys from brokenness to wholeness; in uncovering their unique kind of God-breathed brilliance; and in living in the freedom won by Christ. When she’s not writing, Mandy is still dreaming God-sized dreams, which usually involve making art, wearing turquoise, and eyeing a nearby jar of Nutella. She blogs at Hearts Undaunted or you can connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.

Comments

Great post! I was raised in a Pastors home and in church all of my life but for some reason, these verses and the meaning of them are just beginning to take root in my heart.
If we only could understand who we truly are “in Christ”. Imagine what the world would look like if we all allowed ourselves to believe in the things that God is calling us to.
Your Kingdom come Lord. Your will be done!

Oh, amen, Jen! I hear you. There are so many verses and concepts that I’ve heard for my whole life, and it is only now that they are truly taking root. To know Who God really is and who we are in Him is life-changing. I pray that this whole community is blessed with those beautiful truths.

I’m still trying to figure out (or maybe waiting is the better term to use) to see where God is taking my God-sized dream. I know he wants me to write and I know he wants me to glorify him in my career path (whatever that ends up being) but beyond that, as I’m sure you can tell, I have no clue where this fun-filled, at times scary, adventure is going. I think an area that he’s asking me to dream big about is the area of my career. I have the feeling that I am going to end up carving out a niche for my own career. That will require graduate school and as much as I hate to admit it, I think it will require completing this second bachelor’s degree (I really wanted to forgo the rest of the bachelor’s degree and go straight on to grad school) while also figuring out how to work in the field to gain much needed experience.

To answer your second question, my best friend is one of the people who inspires me. She is a nurse and God laid that calling on her heart rather suddenly but she followed his lead and is now an RN with a bachelor of science degree (you can also be an RN with an associate of science degree). She faced trials and hardships along the way but God was faithful every step of the way and now she’s working in the area she prayed to be in and she’s getting married this spring, which is something else that she, like most young women, prayed and hoped for. Her heart for God and her abandon to follow him inspire me quite often!

What a beautiful example you have in your friend, Ashley! That is such a gift to see God at work and her thriving in His plan. I’m so glad you shared that. It can be so challenging when we have a vague sense of where we’re going or hope to go, and seeing the difficult steps involved can be daunting. I’m praying that God kicks doors open to your dream and blesses you with the grace for each step in the journey. Please keep us updated on it!

I know–what the what, right?! You know how much back and forth there is about the timing of posts. God’s timing is so awesome! I love this so much. I think everyone with the slightest inkling should apply!

Beautiful, Mandy, absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for this beautiful reminder that it really is okay to dream big! God is amazing! Thank you for encouraging my heart today! Praying His blessings be yours~always! ♥

Can we expect healing and miracles in our own lives? You bet! Loved this post. Right now, I am trusting God for the impossible, and while walking this road is not what I would have chosen for myself, God has a track record of faithfulness in my life that I can’t deny. I just wrote about the current road and just a few of the past miracles here http://lakesidelessons.blogspot.com/2014/02/when-trust-is-all-you-have.html. Thanks for this post – it was an infusion of encouragement very needed today!